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BREAKING NEWS! STRETCH GOALS UNLOCKED!

Given your amazing support our three initial stretch goals have been unlocked and the Sinister Path will now be expanded to 80 pages of story!

Hot on the heels of our successful first Kickstarter for Dan's artbook, Enchantress, Dan now seeks to elicit your support to allow him to complete a brand new fully painted Nocturnals original graphic novel, The Sinister Path.

WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF THE NOCTURNALS!

Over two decades ago, five time Eisner Award nominee, Dan
Brereton brought us NOCTURNALS, a series of graphic novels and stories
with a pulp-style blend of Crime, Gothic Horror and Adventure with a
twist of Halloween. Following the adventures of Evening, AKA Halloween
Girl, a youngster gifted with paranormal abilities, and her father, Doc
Horror, occult adventurer and scourge of the criminal underworld. With a
crew of night creatures as allies, Doc and Eve are the only force
standing between the sleepy town of Pacific City and the predatory
forces lurking in its shadows.

2015
will see a new original Nocturnals Graphic novel, THE SINISTER PATH, a
64 page story that promises to be the scariest, hard-boiled tale yet
told in their saga. As part of this Kickstarter, we will be offering three editions -- the soft cover which will also be available through comic stores; a limited to 300 copies sketch cover edition which will have the same contents as the soft cover edition with a blank cover suitable for sketching by Dan or any of your favorite artists; and an expanded wrap around hard cover Kickstarter edition which will feature a minimum of eight additional pages of additional content. The wrap around cover image is included at the end of this description. The cover for the soft cover is not yet available.

THE STORY

Evening's ability to attract and communicate with spirits has been part of her as
long as she can remember. Now Eve has begun to attract an element of
the spirit world she's totally unprepared for as alien phantasms from
the nether realm terrorize her as she sleeps. While attempting to make
sense of these unwanted new abilities, Eve comes into possession of
"Jammybottoms", a doll unlike any in her collection of possessed
poppets. As Eve discovers the unsettling connection between her night
terrors and the new doll, Doc Horror investigates the bowels of a
haunted Victorian estate, making an awful discovery which could spell
their doom.

The Sinister Path also introduces several new characters, expanding the Nocturnals universe.

THE PROJECT

The Nocturnals, by five-time Eisner
nominated creator, Dan Brereton, debuted in 1994 as a six-issue comic
book serialized graphic novel entitled "Black Planet" published by
Malibu Comics' Bravura line. (Soon to be made available again in a new
printing from Big Wow! Art) Since then, the Nocturnals have returned in
other graphic novels, including Nocturnals: The Dark Forever; Gunwitch:
The Outskirts of Doom; Nocturnals: The Witching Hour; Nocturnals: The
Troll Bridge; and Nocturnals: Carnival of Beasts. We are now seeking
your assistance to continue the Nocturnals' saga with a new graphic
novel, "The Sinister Path". The Sinister Path is projected to be a 64 page graphic
novel we hope to publish in Fall 2015.

The graphic novel has not been completed and this Kickstarter project seeks to raise funds to allow Dan to forego other work to focus on completion of this graphic novel. To date, Dan has completed twelve pages from the book. Three representative pages from the story can be seen here:

Representative Page One

Representative Page Two

Representative Page Three

More pages will follow as updates through the life of this Kickstarter project and, thereafter, to supporters of the funded project.

As Rewards, we have compiled a number of enticements for those of you who support our project. First, while The Sinister Path may take a number of months for Dan to complete, we have recently published an art book featuring the Nocturnals.

Nocturnals: Legend Hardcover Book Cover

This art book, Nocturnals: Legend, is offered in three different options: the book alone; the book with an original pencil sketch of a Nocturnals character; or the book with an original watercolor drawing of a Nocturnals character.

Once published, The Sinister Path will have three editions available through this Kickstarter project: the soft cover trade edition, a sketch cover edition and a limited expanded hardcover edition which will feature additional sketches, paintings and pinups of the characters from the Nocturnals. The hardcover edition will also offer the option of obtaining an original pencil sketch or watercolor drawing.

For those of you who prefer finished art, we have you covered with a number of pieces of artwork, including the wrap around cover to the hardcover edition of The Sinister Path. The initially available pieces of art can be seen here:

The Feral Brood

Eve Sketch

Eve Journaling

Eve On the Great Pumpkin

Eve Portrait

Gunwitch Sketch

Gunwitch Pencil and Watecolor Drawing

Polychrome 2013 Pencil and Watercolor Drawing

Polychrome in Graveyard

Eve Painting

Eve and Polychrome with Book

Wrap Around Hard Cover Painting

Doc Horror and Raccoon - Clean Hands Reward

Beasts Page 11 Original Art Reward

Beasts Page 12 Original Art Reward

Beasts Page 16 Original Art Reward

Eve with Ghosts Original Art Reward

Nocturnals Alphabet Evil Fiends Original Art Reward

Nocturnals Alphabet Underworld Voices Original Art Reward

Blank Sketch Cover Edition

Example of Sketch Cover Edition with Sketch

Polychrome Dancer Reward Art

Polychrome Caped Reward Art

Evening with Nightflower Reward Art

Example of Pencil Sketch #1

Example of Pencil Sketch #2

Example of Pencil Sketch #3

Example of Watercolor #1

Example of Watercolor #2

Example of watercolor #3

Example of watercolor #4

Example of watercolor #5

Perfume Set Reward

Feral Girl In Tree Reward Art

Evening on Tiger Rug Reward Art

Gunwitch Watercolor Reward Art

Gunwitch Fully Loaded Reward Art

Polychrome and Evening Seacliff Reward Art

Add On Options

Thank you for your support! Best, Steve and Dan.

STRETCH GOALS

Since we have met our initial funding goal and you guys keep supporting us, we wanted to add some things to say thank you. As it stands now, we will produce a PDF sketchbook which will go to all supporters irrespective of level.

But since you're really supporting the project to all Dan to produce the project, what is better than making the project even better? So if we hit a funding level of $40,000, we will include an extra four pages of story in the Sinister Path; at $45,000, we will include another four pages (8 pages extra total for a 72 page story; and if we hit a funding level of $50,000 or more, another 8 pages will be added for a total story of 80 pages. The best part, at $50,000 the additional 8 pages will be a Kickstarter exclusive and will not be included in the ultimate story offered through other sources. As discussed in the original project, the hard cover will contain additional pages from the soft cover. We're playing with some other ideas, but I hope that you like these stretch goals!

Risks and challenges

This project will support a book that has not yet been completed. The book will be 64 pages and 12 pages of the book have been completed to date. The story has been written so the risk associated with this project is that Dan is able to complete it in a timely manner. Dan's history in the comic book industry has been one of timely performance of his projects. While things happen, we do not anticipate any unforeseen major delays in the completion of this project following its successful funding.

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Pledge $15 or more
About $15

SOFT COVER EDITION: Supporters at this level will receive a copy of the published soft cover edition of "Nocturnals: The Sinister Path" along with a signed Ex Libris plate for the book, whcih will not be available outside of this Kickstarter project. All reward levels with a hard or soft cover copy of The Sinister Path will receive a signed Ex Libris plate for the book.

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Pledge $20 or more
About $20

SKETCH COVER EDITION: Supporters at this level will receive a copy of the limited sketch cover edition (limited to 300 copies) of "Nocturnals: The Sinister Path". A sketch cover edition is an edition with a blank cover suitable for sketching by Dan or any other artist. The interior of the edition will be the same as the regular softcover edition.

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Pledge $75 or more
About $75

NOCTURNALS HARD COVER PACKAGE: Supporters at this level will receive a copy of Nocturnals: Legend which is currently available along with the hardcover edition of Nocturnals: The Sinister Path. Nocturnals: Legend will ship immediately. Nocturnals: The Sinister Path will ship upon printing.

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Pledge $95 or more
About $95

SKETCH COVER EDITION WITH DRAWING: Supporters at this level will receive a copy of the limited sketch cover edition of "Nocturnals: The Sinister Path" which has been personally sketched upon by Dan Brereton.

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Pledge $110 or more
About $110

SKETCH COVER PACKAGE: Supporters at this level will receive a copy of the limited sketch cover edition of "Nocturnals: The Sinister Path" with a personally sketch by Dan Brereton. This level will also include an unsketched copy of this edition. (Thus, this level includes two copies of the sketch variant -- one blank and one drawn upon by Dan Brereton.)

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Pledge $125 or more
About $125

SINISTER PATH HARD COVER PENCIL DRAWING EDITION: Supporters at this level will receive a copy of the published hard cover expanded edition of "Nocturnals: The Sinister Path" along with an original pencil drawing in the book featuring one of the Nocturnals' characters.

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Pledge $130 or more
About $130

LEGEND PENCIL DRAWING EDITION: Supporters at this level will receive a copy of Nocturnals: Legend along with an original pencil drawing in the book. Legend is currently available. This level also includes a PDF copy of Nocturnals: The Sinister Path. Nocturnals: Legend will ship as soon as the drawing is complete (estimated within two months). The PDF of Nocturnals: The Sinister Path will be available when that story is finished.

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Pledge $180 or more
About $180

SINISTER PATH HARD COVER WATERCOLOR EDITION: Supporters at this level will receive a copy of the published hard cover expanded edition of "Nocturnals: The Sinister Path" along with an original watercolor sketch featuring one of the Nocturnals characters tipped into the book.

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Pledge $200 or more
About $200

EVE PENCIL AND WATERCOLOR ORIGINAL ART PACKAGE: The supporter at this level will receive a copy of the published hard cover expanded edition of "Nocturnals: The Sinister Path" along with the original art to "Eve pencil and watercolor sketch" pictured in the description. The original art measures 6.5 by 9.5 inches.

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Pledge $200 or more
About $200

POLYCHROME PENCIL AND WATERCOLOR ORIGINAL ART PACKAGE: The supporter at this level will receive a copy of the published hard cover expanded edition of "Nocturnals: The Sinister Path" along with the original art to "Polychrome, pencil and watercolor" pictured in the description. The original art measures 9.5 by 6.5 inches.

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Pledge $200 or more
About $200

IMMORTALIZE YOUR FAVORITE TOY OR DOLL PACKAGE: The supporter at this level will receive a copy of the published hard cover expanded edition of "Nocturnals: The Sinister Path" and have his or her favorite doll, plush toy or figure painted as one of the creepy dolls in the story.

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Pledge $200 or more
About $200

SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON PORTFOLIO REVIEW PACKAGE (NO BADGE): This reward level includes a copy of the published hard cover expanded edition of "Nocturnals: The Sinister Path" along with a personal one hour portfolio review with Dan Brereton at the San Diego Comic-Con International in July, 2015. This reward levels does NOT include a badge to attend Comic-Con International.

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Pledge $200 or more
About $200

BIG WOW! COMIC FEST PORTFOLIO REVIEW PACKAGE (WITH BADGES!): This reward level includes a copy of the published hard cover expanded edition of "Nocturnals: The Sinister Path" along with a personal one hour portfolio review with Dan Brereton at the Big Wow! Comic Fest in San Jose, California on either April 18 or 19, 2015. This reward levels does include two one day badges to attend the Big Wow! Comic Fest.

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Pledge $200 or more
About $200

NOCTURNALS PERFUME PACKAGE: The supporter at this level will receive a copy of the published hard cover expanded edition of "Nocturnals: The Sinister Path" along with one of two sets of special Nocturnals' perfume oils (nine different scents in each set) created by Nocturne Alchemy.

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Pledge $205 or more
About $205

LEGEND WATERCOLOR EDITION: Supporters at this level will receive a copy of Nocturnals: Legend (which is currently available) along with an original watercolor tipped into the book. This level also includes a PDF copy of Nocturnals: The Sinister Path. Nocturnals: Legend will ship as soon as the drawing is complete (estimated within one month). The PDF of Nocturnals: The Sinister Path will be available when that story is finished.

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Pledge $225 or more
About $225

EVE JOURNALING ORIGINAL ART PACKAGE: The supporter at this level will receive a copy of the published hard cover expanded edition of "Nocturnals: The Sinister Path" along with the original art to "Eve Journaling" pictured in the description. The original art measures 9 by 12 inches.

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Pledge $225 or more
About $225

GUNWITCH PENCIL AND WATERCOLOR ORIGINAL ART PACKAGE: The supporter at this level will receive a copy of the published hard cover expanded edition of "Nocturnals: The Sinister Path" along with the original art to "Gunwitch, pencil and watercolor" pictured in the description. The original art measures 6.5 by 9.5 inches.

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Pledge $275 or more
About $275

GUNWITCH SKETCH ORIGINAL ART PACKAGE: The supporter at this level will receive a copy of the published hard cover expanded edition of "Nocturnals: The Sinister Path" along with the original art to "Gunwitch sketch" pictured in the description. The original art measures 11 by 14 inches.

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Pledge $275 or more
About $275

EVE PORTRAIT ORIGINAL ART PACKAGE: The supporter at this level will receive a copy of the published hard cover expanded edition of "Nocturnals: The Sinister Path" along with the original art to "Eve Portrait" pictured in the description. The original art measures 10 by 14 inches.

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Pledge $300 or more
About $300

EVE AND THE GREAT PUMPKIN ORIGINAL ART PACKAGE: The supporter at this level will receive a copy of the published hard cover expanded edition of "Nocturnals: The Sinister Path" along with the original art to "Eve and the Great Pumpkin" pictured in the description. The original art measures 9 by 12 inches.

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Pledge $300 or more
About $300

YOUR CAT FEATURED IN SINISTER PATH PACKAGE: The supporter at this level will receive a copy of the published hard cover expanded edition of "Nocturnals: The Sinister Path" and have his or her cat painted into the story.

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Pledge $325 or more
About $325

EVE AND POLYCHROME ORIGINAL ART PACKAGE: The supporter at this level will receive a copy of the published hard cover expanded edition of "Nocturnals: The Sinister Path" along with the original art to "Eve and Polychrome with Book" pictured in the description. The original art measures 8 by 12 inches and is done in watercolor.

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Pledge $350 or more
About $350

EVENING WITH NIGHTFLOWER ORIGINAL ART PACKAGE: The supporter at this level will receive a copy of the published hard cover expanded edition of "Nocturnals: The Sinister Path" along with the original art to "Evening with Nightflower" pictured in the description. The original art measures 8.5 by 11 inches.

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Pledge $375 or more
About $375

EVE WITH GHOSTS ORIGINAL ART PACKAGE: The supporter at this level will receive a copy of the published hard cover expanded edition of "Nocturnals: The Sinister Path" along with the original art to "Eve with Ghosts" pictured in the description. The original art measures 11 by 17 inches.

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Pledge $375 or more
About $375

EVENING ON TIGER RUG ORIGINAL ART PACKAGE: The supporter at this level will receive a copy of the published hard cover expanded edition of "Nocturnals: The Sinister Path" along with the original art to "Evening on Tiger Rug" pictured in the description. The original art measures 8 by 11 inches.

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Pledge $400 or more
About $400

THE FERAL BROOD ORIGINAL ART PACKAGE: The supporter at this level will receive a copy of the published hard cover expanded edition of "Nocturnals: The Sinister Path" along with the original art to "The Feral Brood" (who debut in The Sinister Path) pictured in the description. The original art measures 10 by 17 inches.

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Pledge $400 or more
About $400

FERAL GIRL IN TREE ORIGINAL ART PACKAGE: The supporter at this level will receive a copy of the published hard cover expanded edition of "Nocturnals: The Sinister Path" along with the original art to "Feral Girl in Tree" pictured in the description. The original art measures 11 by 15 inches.

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Pledge $400 or more
About $400

GUNWITCH FULLY LOADED ORIGINAL ART PACKAGE: The supporter at this level will receive a copy of the published hard cover expanded edition of "Nocturnals: The Sinister Path" along with the original art to "Gunwitch Fully Loaded" pictured in the description. The original art measures 11 by 13 inches.

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Pledge $500 or more
About $500

YOUR IMAGE DRAWN INTO THE STORY PACKAGE: The supporter at this level will receive a copy of the published hard cover expanded edition of "Nocturnals: The Sinister Path" and have his or her portrait painted into one of the story pages (as, for example, a portrait in the house, a death mask on a tree, or as an extra in one of the scenes).

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Pledge $500 or more
About $500

NOCTURNALS DOC AND RACCOON ORIGINAL ART PACKAGE: The supporter at this level will receive a copy of the published hard cover expanded edition of "Nocturnals: The Sinister Path" along with the original art from featuring Doc Horror from the story, Clean Hands, painted by Dan Brereton. The original art measures 14 by 11 inches and can be seen in the description.

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Pledge $600 or more
About $600

POLYCHROME DANCER ORIGINAL ART PACKAGE: The supporter at this level will receive a copy of the published hard cover expanded edition of "Nocturnals: The Sinister Path" along with the original art to "Polychrome Dancer" pictured in the description. The original art measures 17 by 11 inches.

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Pledge $650 or more
About $650

GUNWITCH WATERCOLOR ORIGINAL ART PACKAGE: The supporter at this level will receive a copy of the published hard cover expanded edition of "Nocturnals: The Sinister Path" along with the original art to "Gunwitch Watercolor" pictured in the description. The original art measures 17 by 11 inches.

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Pledge $725 or more
About $725

BEASTS PAGE 12 ORIGINAL ART PACKAGE: The supporter at this level will receive a copy of the published hard cover expanded edition of "Nocturnals: The Sinister Path" along with the original art from page 12 of Nocturnals: Beasts painted by Dan Brereton. The original art measures 11 by 17 inches and can be seen in the description.

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Pledge $750 or more
About $750

EVENING PAINTING ORIGINAL ART PACKAGE: The supporter at this level will receive a copy of the published hard cover expanded edition of "Nocturnals: The Sinister Path" along with the original art to "Evening Painting" pictured in the description. The original art measures 11 by 17 inches.

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Pledge $750 or more
About $750

BEASTS PAGE 11 ORIGINAL ART PACKAGE: The supporter at this level will receive a copy of the published hard cover expanded edition of "Nocturnals: The Sinister Path" along with the original art from page 11 of Nocturnals: Beasts painted by Dan Brereton. The original art measures 11 by 17 inches and can be seen in the description.

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Pledge $750 or more
About $750

BEASTS PAGE 16 ORIGINAL ART PACKAGE: The supporter at this level will receive a copy of the published hard cover expanded edition of "Nocturnals: The Sinister Path" along with the original art from page 16 of Nocturnals: Beasts painted by Dan Brereton. The original art measures 11 by 17 inches and can be seen in the description.

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Pledge $800 or more
About $800

POLYCHROME IN GRAVEYARD ORIGINAL ART PACKAGE: The supporter at this level will receive a copy of the published hard cover expanded edition of "Nocturnals: The Sinister Path" along with the original art to "Polychrome in Graveyard" pictured in the description. The original art measures 11 by 17 inches.

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Pledge $800 or more
About $800

POLYCHROME CAPED ORIGINAL ART PACKAGE: The supporter at this level will receive a copy of the published hard cover expanded edition of "Nocturnals: The Sinister Path" along with the original art to "Polychrome Caped" pictured in the description. The original art measures 11 by 15 inches.

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Pledge $900 or more
About $900

POLYCHROME AND EVENING SEACLIFF ORIGINAL ART PACKAGE: The supporter at this level will receive a copy of the published hard cover expanded edition of "Nocturnals: The Sinister Path" along with the original art to "Polychrome and Evening Seacliff" pictured in the description. The original art measures 17 by 11 inches.

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Pledge $925 or more
About $925

NOCTURNALS ALPHABET EVIL FIENDS ORIGINAL ART PACKAGE: The supporter at this level will receive a copy of the published hard cover expanded edition of "Nocturnals: The Sinister Path" along with the original art from Nocturnals: Alphabet for Evil Fiends painted by Dan Brereton. The original art measures 11 by 17 inches and can be seen in the description.

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Pledge $925 or more
About $925

NOCTURNALS ALPHABET UNDERWORLD VOICES ORIGINAL ART PACKAGE: The supporter at this level will receive a copy of the published hard cover expanded edition of "Nocturnals: The Sinister Path" along with the original art from Nocturnals: Alphabet for Underworld Voices painted by Dan Brereton. The original art measures 11 by 17 inches and can be seen in the description.

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Pledge $7,000 or more
About $7,000

HARD COVER WRAP AROUND COVER ORIGINAL ART PACKAGE: The supporter at this level will receive a copy of the published hard cover expanded edition of "Nocturnals: The Sinister Path" along with the original wrap around cover art to the book pictured in the description. The original art measures 20 by 15 inches.